Improvement in horse-powers



WILLIAM G. HALBERT.

improvement in Horse-Power. N0 127 763 Patented .Lune 11,.,1872..

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WILLIAM G. HALBERT, OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE'POWERS.

.Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,763, dated J une11,1872.

Specification describing a new and Improved Horse-Power, invented byWILLIAMl G. HAL- BERT, of Columbus, in the county of Lowndes and Stateof Mississippi.

The drawing represents an inverted pla-n view of my new horsepower.

This invention is an improvement in horsepowers 5 and consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

Ain the drawing represents the main wheel of a horse-power, providedwith cogs on its upper face or edge and mounted upon a shaft, B, whichhas its bearings in the frame-work of the apparatus. Some distance belowthe wheel A are fitted, through the shaft B, two radial beams, C C, eachsomewhat longer than the diameter of the wheel, and both slotted at bothends. D D are the draft-beams or levers,

to the outer ends of which the horses are hitched. The inner end of eachbeam D is, by an inclined brace, E, connected with the under side of thewheel A, while near its middle it is, by a pin or bolt, a, connectedwith the end of one ofthe beams C, as shown. The pin a can play in theslotof C. The four ends of the two beams C may in this manner beconnected with as many draft-beams or levers.

Witnesses J. L. Moss, H. D. HENDRICK.

